# How does one generate a DotPlot with scaled values?

**URL:** <https://discourse.scverse.org/t/how-does-one-generate-a-dotplot-with-scaled-values/715>\
**Category:** scanpy\
**Tags:** scrna-seq, plotting\
**Created:** [August 29, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/how-does-one-generate-a-dotplot-with-scaled-values/715 "2022-08-29T11:51:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![rgranit](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.scverse.org/rgranit/32/355_2.png) [@rgranit](https://discourse.scverse.org/u/rgranit)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/how-does-one-generate-a-dotplot-with-scaled-values/715/1 "2022-08-29T11:51:15Z")

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Hi,

In Seurat Dotplots Average expression is scaled (z-score) while in scanpy it shows the raw expression, how can one alter the scale of expression in scanpy?  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/forum11/original/1X/9c1c8e9d8a98be3c108db8c92b3a27b64d4fb345.png)

Thanks,  
Roy